Oleksiy Prosnitskyy discusses limitations of using Microsoft Project for construction and manufacturing projects. PlanBridge is introduced as a solution that works with Microsoft Project to help manage projects through tasks lists created in Excel that can import and export data to Project. This allows for collaboration through tasks and resources edited in Excel and shared through email or services like OneDrive, improving communication. The benefits of PlanBridge are demonstrated including timephased data exchange, resource and task management between Excel and Project.

1. Oleksiy Prosnitskyy
Project MVP, PMP
LEO Consulting
Management Construction and
Manufacturing Projects with Microsoft Project Pro/StdWith a Little Help of PlanBridge

2. Management Construction and Manufacturing Projects
LEO CONSULTING
OLEKSIY PROSNITSKYY, MVP, PMP

4. Are you experienced?

7. Free books
Managing Project with MicrosoftProject 2010
Managing Project withMicrosoftProject Server 2010
Install and IT Configuring MicrosoftProject Server 2010
Managing Project with SpiderProject
http://leoconsulting.com.ua/library/nashi-samouchiteli

8. Books about 2013 version
http://leoconsulting.com.ua/books/
Managing Project with MicrosoftProject 2013
Install and IT Configuring MicrosoftProject Server 2013

9. Forum for Project Management –Number 1 in Ukraine
(http://www.microsoft-project.com.ua/)

10. 8 project conference / 1000 attenders / 100 speakers
for 4 years (Kyiv)

11. Donbass Arena
(Donetsk)
NSC Olympiyskiy
(Kyiv)
Lviv-Arena
(Lviv)
My experience in EURO 2012

12. AddendumIV.5
General Contractor Agreement
№ ______ от ____________ 2010
Weekly report form about construction
For accounting period from«__»_______20___г. till«__»________20__г.
Task name
Unit
Volume(Plan)
Volume(Act)
Δ
Start Date (Act)
Finish date (Act)
Δ
Comments
Weekly report form(excerption) at «Donbass Arena»(Donetsk)

13. Weekly report form(excerption )
at «NSC Olympiyskiy»(Kyiv)

14. 1.No communication process between PM and users
Limitation of using MSP desktop in construction and manufacturing projects (just a part)

15. 2.No friendship with e-mail (can’t send part of information)
Limitation of using MSP desktop in construction and manufacturing projects (just a part)

16. 3.No assignments data in task custom field
Limitation of using MSP desktop in construction and manufacturing projects (just a part)

17. 4.Noexport/import friendship with Excel (especially in case of time phased data)
Limitation of using MSP desktop in construction and manufacturing projects (just a part)

18. 5.No experience for project team with Microsoft Project
Limitation of using MSP desktop in construction and manufacturing projects (just a part)

19. 6.No using brigades / no leading resources
Limitation of using MSP desktop in construction and manufacturing projects (just a part)

20. 7.No using productivity for task duration calculation
Limitation of using MSP desktop in construction and manufacturing projects (just a part)

21. What To Do?

22. 1.No communication process between PM and users
2.No friendship with e-mail (can’t send part of information)
3.No assignments data in task custom field
4.Noexport/import friendship with Excel (especially in case of time phased data)
5.No experience for project team with Microsoft Project
Limitation of using MSP desktop in construction and manufacturing projects (just a part)

23. PlanBridgehttp://planbridge.ms/

24. Top-down WBS planning at any stage of project lifecyclethrough Microsoft Excel task list
Creating and editing project resources in Microsoft Excel task list. Import of created and edited resources to Microsoft Project
Simultaneouslynew task and assignment creation in Microsoft Excel task lists
Creating custom task field for show data assignments or edit it
Project info distribution by e-mail (send by email/import from e-mail) to task responsible or assigned user
Simultaneouslycalculation of % complete, work % complete and physical % complete
Import of actual tasks and assignments data from Microsoft Excel task list to Microsoft Project
New chance for Microsoft Project to be a leader in construction and manufacturing projects

25. Responsible for phases
Contractors
Designers
Manufacturing
Engineers
Cost engineers
Accountant
Project Managers
Directors
Customers
Investors
Engineering supervision
Project communication scheme (Microsoft Project + PlanBridge + OneDrive/GoogleDocs/Dropbox)

26. DEMO «I’D LIKE TO SHOW YOU HOW EASY…”

27. PlanBridge Tab

28. Exchange Document Manager for documents status control

29. Select field for export to Excel

30. Select method of data distribution

31. Easy to export timephaseddata

32. Easy to import fullfiledtimephaseddata

33. Easy to export selected resources

34. Easy to create new tasks in Excel and import its to Project

35. Easy to assign resources to the tasks in Excel and import assignments to Project

36. Easy to create new resources and it’s data in Excel and import its to Project

37. Easy to send selected project data by e-mail

38. Easy to show and write assignments data in task custom field

39. Easy to % complete calculate

40. Automatic calculation of physical % complete for multi assignments

41. Easy to sent data by e-mail and received data by e-mail

42. Only one license for Microsoft Project user
The price is only €300 per workstation
http://planbridge.ms/download/index
•No functional restrictions;
•1 year of enhanced technical support;
•1 year of guaranteed upgrades.

43. questions?
MICROSOFTPROJECTBOOK.BLOGSPOT.COM.UA
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/OleksiyProsnitskyy
OLEKSIY PROSNITSKYY
PROJECT MVP, PMP

44. thank you.
SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS
ZAGREB, 10/15/2014 -10/16/2014